Interesting Snippet:
9000 years after the rice began to be eaten, its farming is credited to a freak genetic engineering event.
Fun Facts
A gene mutation in India 5,000 years ago in the Ganga Delta
prevented rice seeds from shattering, that enabled its systematic farming. Very soon this trait gave rise to over 120,000 rice varieties of Rice in Asia, with Thailand alone boasting 20,000. No wonder rice acquired revered status in Indian Culture.
Time Pass
Despite rice being eaten by 50 percent world population and 120000 varieties cultivated on earth most people eat at best 7-10 varieties of Rice only in their life time.
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